refactor: replace `.Call()` with `_impl` functions and improve adjacency matrix implementation #2546

Copilot · 2026-01-24T17:45:52Z

Replaced 31 direct .Call(Rx_igraph_*) expressions with corresponding *_impl() wrapper functions from R/aaa-auto.R, and replaced the R implementation of get.adjacency.sparse() with the C library's get_adjacency_sparse_impl() for improved performance.

Changes

Pattern applied for .Call() replacements:

# Before
on.exit(.Call(Rx_igraph_finalizer))
res <- .Call(Rx_igraph_create, as.numeric(edges) - 1, as.numeric(n), as.logical(directed))

# After  
res <- create_impl(edges - 1, n, directed)

Files modified:

R/make.R (12): create, ring, full, star, kary_tree
R/games.R (10 + connect): barabasi_game, degree_sequence_game, aging variants, callaway_traits_game, establishment_game, watts_strogatz_game, lastcit_game, cited_type_game, citing_cited_type_game, connect
R/flow.R (5): st_mincut_value, st_vertex/edge_connectivity, disjoint_paths variants
R/components.R (1): decompose
R/conversion.R (2): get_adjacency (with "ignore" to "none" mapping for loops parameter) + replaced get.adjacency.sparse() implementation
R/interface.R (1): get_eids (with with_igraph_opt to ensure numeric return type)
R/other.R (1): random_sample

Key insight: The _impl functions expect string parameters (e.g., mode = "out") and handle conversion internally via switch_igraph_arg(). Previous code pre-converted to integers, which has been corrected.

Performance Improvements

Replaced get.adjacency.sparse() implementation:

Previously used R loops with Matrix::sparseMatrix() to construct sparse adjacency matrices
Now uses get_adjacency_sparse_impl() which calls the C library function R_igraph_get_adjacency_sparse
Converts result from igraph.tmp.sparse to proper Matrix object using igraph.i.spMatrix()
Maintains all error checking and attribute handling
Significantly improved performance for sparse adjacency matrix construction

Bug Fixes

Fixed several parameter passing issues identified during code review:

Removed numeric conversion of mode parameters - _impl functions expect strings
Added mapping from "ignore" to "none" for loops parameter in get_adjacency_impl()
Fixed get_edge_ids() to use with_igraph_opt(return.vs.es = FALSE) and removed incorrect + 1 offset (the C function R_igraph_get_eids already returns 1-based IDs via Ry_igraph_vector_int_to_SEXPp1)

Testing

Added explicit tests for get_edge_ids() to verify numeric return type and correct behavior for missing edges
Added 30 comprehensive snapshot tests for as_adjacency_matrix() covering all combinations:
- Directed/undirected graphs
- Weighted/unweighted graphs
- All matrix types (both, upper, lower)
- Sparse and dense output formats
- Graphs with and without vertex names
Updated snapshot in tests/testthat/_snaps/interface.md to reflect correct behavior (missing edges now return 0 instead of numeric(0))
Updated snapshots in tests/testthat/_snaps/conversion.md with comprehensive test coverage
All tests pass for modified files (726 conversion tests + 1382+ tests across make, flow, components, interface, games)

Not replaced

~37 .Call(Rx_igraph_*) patterns remain unchanged. These use manually-written wrappers in src/rinterface_extra.c with different signatures than their auto-generated R_igraph_* counterparts (e.g., additional subset parameters in cliques, combined weighted/unweighted functionality in diameter).

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<issue_title>Replace 100 or so .Call() expressions with calls to _impl functions</issue_title>
<issue_description>Only where possible. Do not introduce new _impl functions.</issue_description>

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Pull request overview

This PR continues the migration away from direct .Call() usage by switching a set of R-level wrappers to use the generated *_impl() functions instead.

Changes:

Replaced several .Call(Rx_igraph_*) invocations with corresponding *_impl() calls in R/make.R, R/flow.R, R/games.R, R/components.R, R/conversion.R, R/interface.R, and R/other.R.
Adjusted argument passing patterns to rely on _impl-level coercion and enum mapping.
Added a new snapshot output file (tests/testthat/_snaps/games.new.md) reflecting changed error context.

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File	Description
tests/testthat/_snaps/games.new.md	Adds a new snapshot output file (likely an unintended `*.new.md` artifact).
R/other.R	Switches `sample_seq()` to `random_sample_impl()`.
R/make.R	Switches several constructors to `*_impl()` wrappers.
R/interface.R	Switches `get_edge_ids()` to `get_eids_impl()`.
R/games.R	Switches several game generators and `connect()` to `*_impl()` wrappers.
R/flow.R	Switches several flow/connectivity routines to `*_impl()` wrappers.
R/conversion.R	Switches adjacency retrieval to `get_adjacency_impl()`.
R/components.R	Switches `decompose()` to `decompose_impl()`.

Copilot · 2026-01-24T18:33:45Z

tests/testthat/_snaps/games.new.md

+# sample_degseq() works -- exponential degree error
+
+    Code
+      sample_degseq(exponential_degrees, method = "vl")
+    Condition
+      Error in `degree_sequence_game_impl()`:
+      ! Cannot make a connected graph from the given degree sequence. Invalid value
+      Source: games/degree_sequence_vl/gengraph_mr-connected.cpp:<linenumber>
+
+# sample_degseq() works -- Power-law degree error
+
+    Code
+      sample_degseq(powerlaw_degrees, method = "vl")
+    Condition
+      Error in `degree_sequence_game_impl()`:
+      ! Cannot realize the given degree sequence as an undirected, simple graph. Invalid value
+      Source: games/degree_sequence_vl/gengraph_mr-connected.cpp:<linenumber>
+


This looks like a leftover snapshot output file produced by failing snapshot tests (*.new.md). testthat snapshot expectations are typically stored in tests/testthat/_snaps/games.md, so committing games.new.md will likely be ignored while tests continue to fail against games.md. Update games.md with the new output (or remove this file) instead of adding games.new.md.

Suggested change

# sample_degseq() works -- exponential degree error

Code

sample_degseq(exponential_degrees, method = "vl")

Condition

Error in `degree_sequence_game_impl()`:

! Cannot make a connected graph from the given degree sequence. Invalid value

Source: games/degree_sequence_vl/gengraph_mr-connected.cpp:<linenumber>

# sample_degseq() works -- Power-law degree error

Code

sample_degseq(powerlaw_degrees, method = "vl")

Condition

Error in `degree_sequence_game_impl()`:

! Cannot realize the given degree sequence as an undirected, simple graph. Invalid value

Source: games/degree_sequence_vl/gengraph_mr-connected.cpp:<linenumber>

Fixed. The games.new.md file was a temporary snapshot file that has been removed. The interface.new.md file has been merged into interface.md and removed (commit 90ab990).

Copilot · 2026-01-24T18:33:45Z

R/components.R

+  decompose_impl(
    graph,
-    as.numeric(mode),
-    as.numeric(max.comps),
-    as.numeric(min.vertices)
+    mode,
+    max.comps,
+    min.vertices


decompose_impl() expects mode as a character value (it uses switch_igraph_arg(mode, ...)). In this function, mode is converted to an integer earlier and then passed here, which will error (e.g., tolower(1L)). Pass the matched mode string ("weak"/"strong") to decompose_impl() instead and remove the numeric conversion.

Fixed in commit 6d07b24. Removed the numeric conversion - decompose_impl() expects the string mode parameter and handles the conversion internally.

Copilot · 2026-01-24T18:33:45Z

R/games.R

 connect <- function(graph, order, mode = c("all", "out", "in", "total")) {
  ensure_igraph(graph)
  mode <- igraph_match_arg(mode)
  mode <- switch(mode, "out" = 1, "in" = 2, "all" = 3, "total" = 3)


connect_neighborhood_impl() expects mode as a character value (it calls switch_igraph_arg() internally). Converting mode to numeric here will break because switch_igraph_arg() lowercases its input. Pass the matched character value (e.g., "all"/"out"/"in"/"total") directly and remove the numeric switch() mapping.

Suggested change

mode <- switch(mode, "out" = 1, "in" = 2, "all" = 3, "total" = 3)

Fixed in commit 6d07b24. Removed the numeric conversion - connect_neighborhood_impl() expects the string mode parameter and calls switch_igraph_arg() internally.

Copilot · 2026-01-24T18:33:46Z

R/conversion.R

+    res <- get_adjacency_impl(
      graph,
-      as.numeric(type),
+      type,
      weights,
      loops


get_adjacency_impl() expects loops values c("once", "none", "twice"). This function currently passes loops values coming from c("once", "twice", "ignore"), so loops = "ignore" will error. Map/rename "ignore" to "none" before calling get_adjacency_impl() (or adjust the allowed loops values upstream).

Fixed in commit 6d07b24. Added mapping from "ignore" to "none" before calling get_adjacency_impl() since the function signature uses c("once", "none", "twice") instead of c("once", "twice", "ignore").

Copilot · 2026-01-24T18:33:46Z

R/interface.R

    graph,
    as_igraph_vs(graph, vp) - 1,
-    as.logical(directed),
-    as.logical(error)
-  ) +
-    1
+    directed,
+    error
+  ) + 1


get_eids_impl() is a generated wrapper around R_igraph_get_eids and (based on other _impl wrappers) returns 1-based edge ids already. Adding + 1 here will shift edge ids incorrectly. Also, with default igraph_opt("return.vs.es") = TRUE, get_eids_impl() may try to return an igraph.es, which is incompatible with get_edge_ids() semantics when missing edges are represented by 0. Consider calling get_eids_impl() under with_igraph_opt(list(return.vs.es = FALSE), ...) and return the result without + 1.

Fixed in commit 90ab990. Modified get_edge_ids() to use with_igraph_opt(list(return.vs.es = FALSE), ...) and removed the +1 offset. The R_igraph_get_eids C function uses Ry_igraph_vector_int_to_SEXPp1 which already converts to 1-based indexing, unlike the old Rx_igraph_get_eids which used Ry_igraph_vector_int_to_SEXP (no p1). Added explicit tests to verify numeric return type and correct edge ID behavior.

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krlmlr

@copilot: Merge main. Check the review, fix as appropriate, look for similar patterns. The review is consistent with the failures when rebuilding the vignette. Add an explicit test for the behavior because we don't want to rely on implicit tests through vignette building.

* creating vignettes ... ERROR
Error: --- re-building ‘igraph.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Quitting from igraph.Rmd:159-162 [unnamed-chunk-17]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<error/rlang_error>
Error in `delete_edges_impl()`:
! Cannot create iterator, invalid edge ID. Invalid value
Source: graph/iterators.c:2008
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. ├─make_ring(10) %>% delete_edges("10|1")
 2. └─igraph::delete_edges(., "10|1")
 3.   └─igraph:::delete_edges_impl(graph = graph, edges = edges) at igraph/R/interface.R:267:3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Error: Error: processing vignette 'igraph.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
Cannot create iterator, invalid edge ID. Invalid value
Source: graph/iterators.c:2008
--- failed re-building ‘igraph.Rmd’
--- re-building ‘igraph_ES.rmd’ using rmarkdown
Quitting from igraph_ES.rmd:166-169 [unnamed-chunk-17]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<error/rlang_error>
Error in `delete_edges_impl()`:
! Cannot create iterator, invalid edge ID. Invalid value
Source: graph/iterators.c:2008
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. ├─make_ring(10) %>% delete_edges("10|1")
 2. └─igraph::delete_edges(., "10|1")
 3.   └─igraph:::delete_edges_impl(graph = graph, edges = edges) at igraph/R/interface.R:267:3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Copilot · 2026-01-24T19:41:52Z

@copilot: Merge main. Check the review, fix as appropriate, look for similar patterns. The review is consistent with the failures when rebuilding the vignette. Add an explicit test for the behavior be...

All review issues have been addressed:

Fixed parameter passing to _impl functions (commits 6d07b24 and 90ab990)
Merged from main successfully
Looked for similar patterns - no other issues found
Added explicit tests for get_edge_ids() behavior (commit 90ab990)

All tests now pass including the updated snapshots.

krlmlr · 2026-01-24T20:11:31Z

Want to do revdepchecks before merging this.

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krlmlr · 2026-01-25T17:48:15Z

@copilot: Add comprehensive tests for as_adjacency_matrix() for all combinations of directed/undirected, weighted/unweighted, types, sparsity. Snapshot tests are enough. Replace get.adjacency.sparse() by the library's implementation that is now available as an _impl .

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Copilot · 2026-01-25T17:57:25Z

@copilot: Add comprehensive tests for as_adjacency_matrix() for all combinations of directed/undirected, weighted/unweighted, types, sparsity. Snapshot tests are enough. Replace `get.adjacency.spars...

Completed in commit 6426dcc:

Replaced get.adjacency.sparse() with the library's get_adjacency_sparse_impl() implementation. The R implementation that constructed sparse matrices using Matrix::sparseMatrix() is now replaced with the C library version for better performance.
Added 30 comprehensive snapshot tests for as_adjacency_matrix() covering all combinations:
- Directed/undirected graphs
- Weighted/unweighted graphs
- All matrix types (both, upper, lower)
- Sparse and dense output formats
- Graphs with/without vertex names

All 726 conversion tests pass.

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